This is just a short announcement, that in addition to Gordon's review of this little cutie here there will be my own take on this lens.
That will reveal all about its performance on a D700 (!) directly comparable to DX-performance including vignetting, sharpness/contrast, and longitudinal CAs.
So stay tuned to see this lens stretched to its absolute limits.
Will it make or break?

There's a saying that springs to mind in this case... you can list any price you want when it is out of stock. I'm not doubting B&H pricing, but it's all rather academic if they don't have one to sell to you at that price right now.

Hmm: Was looking at some close-up shots I did during the great 35mm comparison and noticed some pretty crass field curvature on my D300.
With a shot a t 0.3m distance at f2.8 it was very obvious even looking at 30% magnification. So I guess you have to stop down to at least f8.0, better f11, to get sharp corners on flat objects.

I've also added some footage from the great shootout in full resolution (but some images cropped) to my image collection of that lens.
They all show very good sharpness and contrast on my D300 and also only little longitudinal CAs. All shot at f/1.8!
Only the bokeh looks a bit busy:
Nikon 35f1.8 Bokeh 28913 by Thomas, on Flickr
Click through to the full-res version to see for yourself!